Lorene Favreau Billerica Resident Lorene M. Favreau died on January 5 at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital surrounded by her family after a long illness. She was 55 years old. Born in Everett on September 10, 1956, the daughter of Stephen and Justine (Vetrano) Vuolo, she lived in Malden for many years before moving...

Mayor Carlo DeMaria asked everyone in city government to work together to leave a proper legacy and to achieve a collective goal in remarks delivered at the inauguration of city leaders held Tuesday night. Speaking before a large crowd of family, friends, political supporters and business associates inside the Frederick Foresteire Center for the...

It would be hard to find two better-qualified choices for the posts of School Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman than those selected Tuesday night by the members of the Everett School Committee. That was the judgment of veteran School Committee Member At Large, Lester S. MacLaughlin, on the selection of Robert Carreiro as Chairman...

The annual swearing in of the Everett City government Tuesday evening had significance like no other in the history of the city. After this inauguration, there will likely never again be another 2 year mayor or bicameral government in Everett. When the next inaugural comes around, everything about government will have changed here –...

The Everett High boys hockey team presented their fans with some Christmas cheer over the holiday break with a pair of victories to claim the Lynn Christmas Tournament last week. Both contests were nip and tuck affairs in which the Crimson Tide parlayed stout defense and timely offense to earn the twin triumphs. In...

Miriam Peavey Former longtime Stop & Shop Employee Miriam (Dodge) Peavey of Everett died on January 1. She was 81 years old. An avid gardener and reader, she was a former longtime employee for Stop & Shop in Everett. She was the beloved wife of Melvin F. “Bud” Peavey; loving mother of Kenneth F....

Everett High School’s Music Program was the star of the show at the annual performance of their Gala Christmas Concert 2011. Students from all grade levels in the high school performed musical magic in the Frederick F. Foresteire Center for the Performing Arts for a very appreciative audience. Under the direction of Everett Public...

Following the tradition of several years, the Everett/Saugus Lodge #642 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks recently donated 400 English dictionaries to every third grade student in the public school district. The presentation ceremony was held at the Madeline English School, with students from third grade classes taught by Ms. Golden,...

Times of celebration are few and far between for families that care for young people with chronic conditions. That goes for Christmas and, basically, any other time of year. And it’s not because they can’t have a good time, but rather because there just isn’t any time for it. It’s something that Dr. Thomas...

City Clerk Michael Matarazzo and Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. announced the 2012 Inaugural Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012. The program starts at 5:30 PM at the Frederick F. Foresteire Center for Performing Arts, in Everett High School. The public is invited and welcome to attend the ceremony. The Inauguration will...

It was a turbulent and tumultuous year in some parts of the world. In this nation, it was, above all, a year when we got more of the same rather than the dramatic change needed to alter our course. The economy improved just a bit but millions remain unemployed, businesses refuse to hire new...

EHS girls hoop team triumph, 46-34 The Everett High girls basketball team posted its first win of the season, improving to 1-1, with an impressive 46-34 triumph at Haverhill last Tuesday. Amanda DeSouza enjoyed a banner evening, pumping in 21 points to lead the Lady Crimson Tide in the scoring department. Tori Cyrus reached double...

Helen Burke Medford Resident Helen G. (Costa) Burke of Medford died on December 24. She was the former wife of the late Joseph Brochi; beloved mother of Miss Gail Hansen and her husband, Barry of Everett, Carol Castiello of Everett and the late Robert Brochi; grandmother of Stephen, Daniel, Christine, Michael, Loreen Marie, Joseph,...

Everett Square 1895. The city is showing its Victorian grandeur, with its steepled churches, cobblestone streets, wide sidewalks, large overhanging awnings, horse driven carriages and trolleys. There is the absence of automobiles. It will be another decade before they appear and change the course of life for Everett residents and for mankind. The pace...

People of all ages have been jumping over to the Sky Zone Everett, a new indoor trampoline park, for fun and fitness. Stella Downie, owner of the spacious 27,000-square foot facility located at 69 Norman St., welcomed Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. and city officials to the ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday. Downie has built up a...

Members of the bank’s Business Development staff dropped off at the hospital a half-dozen bins filled with new winter clothing, which will be given to homeless patients who typically arrive with only the clothes they are wearing. “There is a tremendous need,” said Whidden Hospital Administrator Deborah Murphy, explaining that the clothes will be...

Mayor Carlo and Stacy DeMaria Jr. invites all residents and businesses for a Holiday Luncheon on Friday, December 23 at the 8/10 Restaurant from 11:30 a.m, – 2:30 p.m. on Norwood Street to celebrate and support the Human Services Department. Everett’s Department of Human Services works tirelessly throughout the year to provide assistance to...

Christmas 2011 is days away. Most of us are busy preparing for the holiday. All of us this year are receiving a great present – the official end of the war in Iraq. Nine Christmas celebrations have come and gone since we invaded Iraq. Thousands of brave Americans died there and tens of thousands...

The Everett High boys hockey team is off to a fast start in its 2011-12 campaign. Coach Alex Naumann’s Crimson Tide skaters claimed a pair of runaway victories over the weekend, defeating Minuteman Regional 9-1 Saturday night and then icing O’Bryant High of Boston, 9-2, Sunday evening. Everett received a balanced a scoring attack...

Rev. John Boyle Pennsylvania Resident Rev. John J. Boyle of Lock Haven, PA. died on December 14. Father Boyle served at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Lock Haven as well as St. Agnes Parish in Beaverdale, PA. He was the beloved son of the late John and Lillian (Norris) Boyle; loving brother of Francis...